I have heard the exact same story from a Chinese friend whose father grew up in Indonesia. He said it is a different country now, and can never go back.
Two organizations that are really destroying America are CAIR and ACLU. I have been following ACLU closely for a long time now. I am appalled by the state of ACLU today. They have stooped down to a level that is very anti-American these days. Me being in India, if someone coming as an immigrant to my country has a problem following the local laws then such immigrants are free to leave and live in their former countries of residence. While this is a commonsense thing, I am simply stunned that ACLU is fightining for the Islamic people that want to have time-off from schools and workplaces to pray five times a day, are offended by your age old traditions of Christmas and Carrolls, are offended by anything Christian etc. I am a Hindu, but I love the spirit of Christmas and Carrolls. It has a warm friendly and peaceful feeling associated with the beautiful story of Christ born in Bethlehem. And here in India, Christians are one of the most wonderful people. They mind their business and NEVER complain. If the Islamic immigrants wanted to bend down five times and wear a head scarf and blow up people with air planes, then they would have thought seriously about abandoning the idea of moving to the USA in the first place. It is tragic that people like this who are historically anti-American, proven as recently as even today by the attack on the American Embassy in Saudi Arabia and on 9/11, are supported by ACLU in your country. Many educated Indians are concerned today as to what is happening in America due to these mindless organizations now-a-days supporting Muslims rather very directly and aggressively fighting for them.
I think, these two organizations should be fought in the American courts. The day ACLU gets destroyed, that is the day America and Americans will be better off as in the past.
CAIR should be fought vigorously because all they are doing is lying to the American people by saying Islam is peaceful, islam respects Jesus (while in reality, they do not accept Trinity or that Jesus is God) and Islam respects life (while in reality, Islam advocates martyrdom so the martyrs can get 72 Virgins with a couple of young boys thrown in. I can provide references to this in Quran aka the Book of Jihad). What they are doing is practicing the age old classic Taqiyyah aka the art of deception (which should be used against non-muslims and non-Muslim governments).
I will be more than happy to chip in my hard earned Rupees if there is an Organization willing to take ACLU and CAIR to task. I am sure we can defeat these organizations if we have the will, courage and the determination. To fight these organizations who oppose the basic values of a democratic country, the poeple of that country should have to fight with the same determination or more determination than that of such organizations.
These two organizations are not only a threat to America but to the entire world. Because entire world DEPENDS on America for EVERYTHING atleast to some extent in one form or the other. So a strong and secure America is very very important for other democracies to thrive.
Vineet.
Computer Science Department,
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.